Monday, August 30, 2010

Regarding that pic; I bet Naomi Barber King wishes she had one....let me stop. Bad field Negro!

Anywhooo, tonight I want to hit on a touchy subject: colorism. I have been accused of it on this blog. -At least when it comes to my taste in women- And some of this was based on my...ahem, ahem, affection for a certain former child star. And while I cannot deny that my love for Lark is undying, (yes her makeup has been a bit shot lately, but hell, even a Porsche has to be taken to the car wash every now and then) she is but one of a certain hue who I find among the top ten women I find most attractive. Nia Long; Debbie Morgan; Angela Bassett; Tyra Banks; Laura London; Angel Luv...well, you get the picture;

I pretty much "always bet on black."

The thing is I do think that to a certain degree, skin tones play a role in how certain people view others. I think, for instance, that folks in the majority population do find us darker skinned Negroes to be a tad bit more threatening. And, sadly, some of us Negroes are still hung up on skin color and tones within our own tribe. (Trust me, I know a thing or two about this one, Mrs. Field is from south Louisiana, I could dedicate an entire blog to the attitudes of some folks in that part of the world, but I want to stay in my in laws good graces.)

I am writing all this because of the next story I am going to drop on you, and because I wanted to put all of my cardson the table -well most of them- about the subject.

"THE FACTSThe singer says the coverage she’s received in the media stems from her features.

THE SPINFrankly, I find it odd that someone who nearly killed themselves weeks ago can instantly go back to the promo trail 90 seconds after being released from the hospital and acting like nothing is wrong.

Moreover, I find it annoying as hell that she’s trying to play the victim yet again on her own actions.

In a new interview with VIBE.com, Fantasia says that her darker skin and fuller features made her a target in the media. Normally, I would be down to defend such a stance, but in her case I want her to find tape for her mouth.

Via the VIBE piece:

But does she think her African and more ethnic features had anything to do with the excessive and sometimes mean-spirited tone of the coverage she received about her personal life? Say, versus the media’s nearly silent stance on the controversial love lives of other female entertainers like Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears or Alicia Keys?

“Yes, I do. I really feel like it does. I was on Nancy Grace, CNN, every gospel station and in every magazine and every newspaper,” she told VIBE about the scandal before her O.D. “It was on. You would have thought I was the President or something.”

First of all, the media has never not scrutinized Britney Spears. In fact, when she did something extreme – oh, shaving her head – that’s when the coverage got even worse. I still see Jennifer Aniston vs. Angelina Jolie stories in the supermarket tabloids.

As for Alicia Keys, no, the mainstream media haven’t touched on her adultery stories, but to be honest, the mainstream media didn’t touch on Fantasia’s either until she tried to commit suicide.

That’s why they talk about her so harshly. She is potentially facing a lawsuit from the wife of her married boyfriend and she tried to kill herself as a result. If Alicia Keys tried to kill herself and/or had Mashonda claiming there’s a sex tape of her and Swizz getting it in you don’t think the press would think about it then?

Fantasia adds:

“I’ve battled and have had to deal with that before. Lord forgive me and I don’t want to offend anybody,” she says, “but when [I did Idol] it seemed like everybody there was Barbied out. Slim, long hair, light eyes, light-skinned. And here I come with my dark skin, full nose, short hair and full lips — it was hard.”

Yeah, but you won. And the year before that, the big friendly black man won.

The [only] thing I agree with is this:

“They never put me in those magazines [featuring] the red carpet. Everybody there has long hair and everybody is bright-skinned, and I was like, ‘But wait a minute. They never gave me that.’ That bothered me. And then I tried hard to find people to dress me and they still would not put me there [in those magazines].”

But that has nothing to do with the fact that the media saw a scandal by way of suicide, sex tapes, and being slapped with million dollar lawsuits. None of that happened for Britney, Alicia, and Angelina and if it did the press would’ve talked about it. Save racism/colorism debates for when they apply.

Otherwise, own up to your actions. Ain’t that right, Mrs. Paula Cook?

Now that I’ve had my say, what’s your spin, folks?"

TVOneonline.comis asking folks for their spin. I think I would rather hear yours.

And why am I thinking that knowing the complexion of the author will affect how I view the piece? I know it shouldn't, but I am thinking that it will. Hmmmmmm...... Bad field Negro!

215 comments:

Now, I have some more info on the colorism, and it's coming out of Harlem. It's an invite to join a "Gentleman's Club", with Associate Membership for women 21-35 years of age; single, no children; must be college-educated with a degree; must be attractive (send a pic and a resume if you want to join) and the only requirement for men is a $5000 annual membership fee - no other requirements as specified for the women.

Think I'm making this up? Read the posts over at Jack and Jill Politics....

Why is this chatter revelant...Why is the nature of colorism which is a offshot of white racism not being discussed by FN..How come FN is giving white racism the core reason for colorism and in part the basis for a lot of self hate in Black venues a pass..

How come FN is not discussing in detail the religious profile of the writer of this fiction(Jewish)..

How come FN comes down so hard on the fracture realities of life in Black venues often cultivated for news coverage by white and jewish media outlets..

Why is FN adding to fuel and decadence of Black culture by posting this bullshit?

Maybe FN is to also reflection of white racism.. FN being an immigrant Black man from Jamaica makes special provisons for white jewish people and is proud of it at the expense of domestic Black folks like me and others...FN shames Black folks tonite with this celebrity chasing..I was hoping I was coming back to some progressive FN posts not this bullshit

Fantasia got grief because she is seen as pouching a regular woman man while A Keys stole a celebrities man. Her larger point might be true, although Jenny Hudson is dark skin and full figured but loved anyway,

Brother Field....the Sister is talking about her treatment prior to her suicide attempt. She is sooo right. Being my age I have seen the treatment of many of my Sisters. Funny thing..during civil rights period the colorism was not so pronounced because we were not in mainstream America on the level of being attractive...therefor it was not an issue... now in this period of time we are trying to insert Black females in all ads...even saw one Black in a copper-tone ad. It is sad TO ME that we are trying so hard to be a part of the white world that we can't insert talented and attractive female in certain situations due to how light they are. Get our own then we don't have to worry. Why is it that the majority of American ads now have the Black male with the white female. I know but few will beleive this concept of American aparthaid. Maybe creating light-skin Blacks will ease the assimilation of the Blacks into America. Too bad that the darker people will suffer. I am light and now 60,,,so I know where Sister was coming from. I do agree about the suicide thing but America have always felt that the darken people (beast of burden) could handle more.a

I think how one presents ones-self is how the media will see you for the most part.

Alicia Keys was introduced to us as a prodigy by the Clive Davis PR machine. She was presented as a person who attended college at 16 years-old.

Alicia is also a philanthropist. Her philanthropic work has been covered by the media for several years.

Contrast that with Fantasia. She from the very beginning presented herself as someone who had all sorts of troubles from a teen pregnancy to being illiterate.

So that is how the media sees these two women. And when Alicia was dating Swizz who it seems was married, but apparently separated from his wife, the MSM didn't cover it. But Alicia also didn't talk about her relationship and except for a few crazy Tweets from Swizz's ex there was no public foolishness.

Contrast that to Fantasia's recent suicide attempt after her boyfriend's wife sued her. And as you say, her suicide attempt seemed rather dubious.

So I don't think the way the media has covered Alicia and Fantasia has to do with colorism so much as public image.

Alicia has cultivated a certain image that has benefited her. And Fantasia has allowed a public image to be presented of her which has not benefited her.

And since when is Lark light-skinned, Mr. Field? I've always thought of her as brown-skinned, as we say.

Yet I came back to the same tired Black on Black beatdowns by a Black immigrant from Jamacia whose disrespect for Black Americans has almost become pathological..Yet I understand white supremacy and white privledge..I understand how it has wounded and damaged so many of us..

FN is out of order tonite ..Your cheap depraved shot at Ms.Namomi King was over the top ...

Why did you publish this chatter FN? Why did you assualt MS.King tonite with that verbal venom?

Is that where are now on Black internet sites?? Our community is being assualted by right wing thugs from rallies that are in excess of hundreds of thousands of people in DC probably millions more to Tea Party conventions seeking to disenfranchised Black voters etc...

Of course if a white jewish woman from Israel attacked FN wife's I bet he would excuse it...Apparently brothers from Jamacia roll like that they have no problem circulating this cheap tabloid sleaze about Black woman etc....FN have you ever told a white jewish woman from Israel to abort her child??

Sup StillaPanther? Thanks for that perspective. I read "Brainwashed" recently, and I think the author is about your age. He had some of the same things to say.

"Is that where are now on Black internet sites?? Our community is being assualted by right wing thugs from rallies that are in excess of hundreds of thousands of people in DC probably millions more to Tea Party conventions seeking to disenfranchised Black voters etc.."

How about that? And yet you choose to defend one of the organizers of the march on one of those black Internet sites.

"FN is out of order tonite ..Your cheap depraved shot at Ms.Namomi King was over the top ...

Why did you publish this chatter FN? Why did you assualt MS.King tonite with that verbal venom?"

It must have been that "chocolate junior Tasty Kake" I had earlier. Sometimes when I eat them I don't know what I am doing. Please forgive me.

1) Nobody cares about Mashonda except black people, and 99% of black people couldn't pick Mashonda out in a line-up.

2) White people do not know or care who Swizz Beats is. The only reason they know about Swizz Beats is because he is now Mr. Alicia Keys.

3) Nobody cared about Fantasia's T-mobile married boyfriend. Even when the Enquirer had it out there a couple of months ago nobody cared.

4) The only reason people care now is because Mrs. T-mobile slapped a lawsuit on Fantasia and she tried to commit suicide over it.

5) The reason Fantasia doesn't get the red carpet is because she's tacky looking. All tatted up, ashy, running around in bare feet.

6) The media treats Fantasia like a ghetto tackhead because she presents herself like a ghetto tackhead. Singing songs about B A B Y M A M A dis go out to all de babymama I got luv fo' all de babymama,crying about how she can't read, buying houses over and beyond her means, getting said house foreclosed on to the point where Simon has to bail her out, running around on the beach all tatted up with Mr. T-Mobile...it's not a good look.

7) If Fantasia had never won American Idol or even tried out, she be sitting in High Point NC missing her rent payments because she bought this and that, begging for a paycheck advance on the job, showing up to work late and leaving early, whining about how she can't do this or that because she'on't know how to do this or that and crying about why the light skinned girl got a promotion and she be working hard and don't get no promotion.

I don't buy Fantasia's reasoning that skin color is why she's getting treated different in the press than Alicia Keys. If skin color were the sole factor, Gabrielle Union and Naomi Campbell should also be getting grinded down for busting up marriages, and that's not happening.

Humor is good plus you a funny little jamacian guy...making fun about black woman and abortion...Of course as I posted earlier I bet you never use that humor with white woman or white jewish woman or hell even other woman of color ..Must be a little jamaican male island thang trashing Black woman from the states..I doubt if you invoke that type of venom with your wife or the black woman in your family tree..( Yup I am going there)

Field, did you write this post because you could not join my club called Jack & Jill when you were younger? Well, those days are somewhat over now.

Today, we are living in Black post-racial American now. Field, you can join, but apply in a hurry! Because there will only be a certain percentage of you dark-skinned Negroes' application accepted....Negroes darker than Field need not apply until 2016.

Field, regarding your HNOTD. doesn't she get credit for telling the truth? You have your priorities in the wrong place. For some of our folks to tell the truth is FN behavior. You Jamaicans are such hard asses.:)

Haha! I'm mad you had to pull out your whole stock of crushes to justify your love. I can imagine you choosing the list deliberately and painstakingly, selecting a balance of features. This is a pretty conservative list, displaying a very respectable "middle ground" of black features. Had you decided to name a more risky choice like Kim Kardashian (dun dun dunnnn), you would have to balance it and pull out an Alek Wek. I kid, I kid. lol.

It's rough out there for black women, but it's kind of dangerous to automatically assume that a man who likes a white/light woman is doing so out of prejudice and self-hatred. And even so, can attraction be reprogrammed to a more pc tune?

I mean, you can't exactly jump in people's minds and act as the preference police. I always wonder about that thin line between preference and instilled societal standards/prejudices. Is preference EVER truly independent of them? I suppose it all starts at childhood, which stresses the importance of exposing kids to diversity, rainbows, kumbaya, etc etc. Eh, Kanye shrug.

I wouldn't worry too much for Fantasia, her cousins in Jodeci will watch out for her. Yea, she used to sing back-up for them. She somewhat embellish her resume.American Idol picks ringers, these are not amatuers. Most peole don't commit suicide when there "reality show" is scheduled to go on.

Colorism is here to stay. I always say it appears that the fearful, cowardly and whining African Americans recognize they could be on their way into extinction and the only way to fight back or to survive is aiming for proximity in appearance with the dominant white race.

The biggest set of colorists are black people. Non- blacks cannot see and differentiate all the many skin tones black people have.

Many black people also believe that non-blacks are colorists when the truth is blacks are more colorists than non-blacks.

But I blame black women because the largest promoters and enablers of status quo among African Americans is the black woman.I have not encountered any other woman on this planet as foolish as the African American woman.

African American men are the most colorists of all black people.

It is far much much better for dark skinned black women to live and move in a non-black circle that in an all black one.

Cities with large black population like Atlanta, Washington DC, Detroit, Chicago, etc., are not good places for black women to live in.

Black women,it is time to emancipate yourself, you have nothing to lose but your chains...

Uts: I am neither FP nor dark skinned. You are so predictable it is not funny.I don't know why you believe only dark skinned people should be troubled by colorism.I have relatives of all the different shades.

Ah colorism..I haven't been reminded of my dark skin since the 8th..Smoke, midnight..Even though I wasn't blue black, still to this day I never understood. Had this crush on a red bone, her light skinned frineds weren't trying to have that, only thing I think that saved my ass was I looked like "Turbo" from "Breaking" and could dance like his ass. Them light bright almost white negros were all the rage back then. If you had "good hair" you were the shit. (Thanks Chris Rock for reminding me of that). The dark-skinned brothers savior was Wesley Snipes, once that negro hit the big screen, it was on. Hell, Thanks Spike lee for putting Wesley on!

Great article, on point - however, very few of the American Idol winners really go on to much success. Fantasia was also extremely limited in her abilities and could really only fill a narrow niche for performances. True, she may have been treated differently but it's a business we're talking about here - it's not always fair, skin color or no. Bottom line is that she didn't have the appeal some of the other winners did.

Hey FN folks, how are you? Just had a great weekend in Vegas with my cousin and his buddies from back east. Not quite the Hangover, but funny enough.

Personally, I couldn't give two shakes about Fantasia. She was alright in 'The Color Purple' and her songs are cute pop hits. But she's India Arie or Sade -- just not my taste.

But as far as 'The Media is Destroying me because I'm dark skinned', Fantasia needs to sit down and shut up. She's getting ragged by the media for the same reason Britney Spears got trashed back in the day -- she's talented and has money, but continue to act like a straight ignorant hood rat.

Alicia Keys is the cat's meow of the white elites -- we get that. And yes colorism exists, no one denies this. And Alicia Keys and Fantasia are equal home wreckers in my personal opinion. (Then again, I don't buy an Alicia Keys album or go to the Color Purple because of their morals.)

But Fantasia is getting no love for making a fool of herself, not because she's Skillet Blond. Last time I check, Mrs. Swizz Beats didn't try to drug herself over a lawsuit. And, she has the (relative) good sense to do her dirt in the industry -- Hollywood types switch spouses more often than I change my cat's litter box (reminds me, I've got a lot of clean up to do. Hey man, Vegas was a blast).

Miss American Idol, OTOH, went and ruined a working man's home. And then pull some ignorant stunt because her man's old lady decided to check her in court.

It is what is, these foolish won't feed or clothe anyone. And I'm more concerned that folks are giving Glen Beck's ignorant ass a pass for his 'Message from God' Saturday or the inaction on Katrina rebuilding than whether or not some 'bama R&B singer is caught up in a hot ghetto mess.

What do you know of black women living in foreign countries and foreign born black women living here in the States? Niente. We certainly have not received the black man's loyalty memo and henceforth do not report to you.

The entire Caribbean Basin(Spanish, French, Dutch, English) carries a history of black women marrying prominent foreign men. I have yet to see a black man in the States or elsewhere who is married to a white woman who have brought into the marriage wealth and social status .

You know very well that upper class white women will never drop that low by marrying a black man- entertainer, athlete or even nouveau riche. But I have seen many marriages where the husband is white and the woman black and she automatically becomes wealthy and is propellled into a position of prominent social status . Princess Angela of Leichtenstein's wealth is much larger than Oprah and it came along with social status and a princess title. Uts: Keep on looking through your crystal ball of dooom for black women. Too many of us are simply out of your reach or crystal ball sight.

the largest promoter of colorism (and the ugliest) on this blog is buceta breath the wanna be 250 iq havin carpet lickin liar proof again that black people r the ones promoting this shit the worst and there r some ugly nasty foul beasts like buceta breath who give black women a bad name thankfully not all of black women are as soiled and foul as that meatheaded coohole!

but that just makes her a lover with awesome financial benefits like all those oj bros you praised days ago right?

and on a FAR grander regal legal scale too?

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Well, I guess..but here's where I differ. I have dated a few women with money - lots of money. And honestly if it isn't right all the money in the world won't change it. I won't sacrifice my self being/independence over some womans dollar. I'd rather be broke.

Uts: White socialite Gloria Vanderbilt did not even marry Bobby Short. All of you, who are so impressed with the brothers,tell them to at least find a white woman on the same grand scale equal with Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein. This then would leave me impressed with black men/white women relationships.

White male culture undoubtedly de-feminizes/humanizes dark skinned African featured women. Look at the Michelle Obama caricatures that the Tbaggers carry when they let it all hang out. We'd never do that to a Lisa Bonet or Halle Berry featured woman.

Fantasia's got a point about her Idol/post idol treatment too. She's arguably the most talented of the winners, but she got doodly for promotion, and has had to do it for herself. Does anyone think this would've happened to someone of her talent if she'd had sharper features and light skin? Not in my Amerikkka

All of you, who are so impressed with the brothers,tell them to at least find a white woman on the same grand scale ....

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Been there done that on a small scale..The closest I ever came to that was date a niece of Bill BBQ chain restaurants - Paid. Dated a Federal Reserve Economist daughter who was living off of damn near 80K off of stock dividends - paid, never worked a day in her life. Partied with some of the George Bush's brothers - a couple of times because the girl I dated is partners with his brother in law.. I can go on and on. I'd say that pretty grand for a brother like me.

Uts, Seer, Guru, Astrologer: I know it is your style to say black women who disagree with you have no man because you have seen this in your crystal ball.

This is how Uts believes he make his arguments strong.You can play that foolishenss with African American women, you do not know anything about West Indian women.The typical stereotype many of you so called brothers use against black American women is," they don't have a man ,because blah, blah, blah". Most West Indian women don't even like African American men and where men are concerned ,some of us could be colorists also and only interested in white men or men similar to them in appearance and character.

As I stated in one of my posts,my husband is from Argentina and his parents were born in Germany.

Rottnkid: Did any of those women marry you? I guess not.The key words here are married and transferring their wealth to you.

Men don't marry for money. That's a woman's game. Not saying that money and wealth isn't nice to have because it definitely is but a wife's financial success or status is just not as important to a husband as a husband's is to a wife. Men care primarily about different things in mates than women do and financial status/wealth is simply not first on that list.

I won't get sucked into the craziness. Negroes, male AND female, KNOW they practice colorism with a vengeance. Fantasia doesn't have the features nor the complexion for the AKeys connection. Halle Berry sat on Oprah talking about killing herself over a failed relationship and folks don't treat her with the level of hostility or animosity. Except for those colorstruck sensitive negro males still angry over Monster's Ball and the gorgeous WM that fathered her child. LOL!

Someone said:

"I have not encountered any other woman on this planet as foolish as the African American woman."

True statement. I won't distract myself with the "not all" denials. Of course this comment speaks to the collective. Despite uts being bored, I will continue to do my part to UNstick more from stupid. One would think more would just simply begin to believe their "lying" ears and eyes. Lol! Ok, I am done. Really, I won't get sucked in today.

Honestly, there are other things we could be talking about besides Fantasia. I know it segues into the whole colorism issue, but I tend to lose interest when dealing with the otherwise trifling antics of the Lohans, Kardashians and Simpsons of the world.

"Maybe FN is to also reflection of white racism.. FN being an immigrant Black man from Jamaica makes special provisons for white jewish people and is proud of it at the expense of domestic Black folks like me and others..."

I don't quite get your incessant need to pin the roots of racism on those of Jewish descent. Maybe you know something I don't. In that case, enlighten me.

"Field, did you write this post because you could not join my club called Jack & Jill when you were younger? Well, those days are somewhat over now. "

in the end, the dark fantasia may get the best laugh and the best man!

Two things:a) Who gives a damn? As UTS and other pointed out, we have a drunken closet Klansmen tarnishing the name and acts of one of the greatest civil rights leaders in history. We've double digit unemployment So what if this dumb chick wants to act a fool? Will it fix the economy or clean up the Gulf Coast?

b)She did dirt and stumbled in the spotlight of the media. Again, given than she was chasing a working stiff, broke up his marriage and then did a 'cry for help' with a bottle of sleeping pills is why she's getting lampooned in the blogsphere (and primarily the Black blogsphere, white folks haven't given a damn since she was singing on AI.) Her color has little to do with it -- its just good juicy hood rat drama to distract us from other issues.

If Fantasia was white or light-skinned, the sting may not have been as bad (because everyone seems to have forgive Angelina from breaking of Brad and Jen). We might have more sympathy as a society.

But, strip color out of it, and this is still primarily about a rich& famous woman acting like a damn ignorant Alabama Porch Monkey with Money. The tabloids ragged Britney Spears and Paris Hilton for being rich, dumb skanks too. How many times did we see Britney running around with a bald head or flashing her hoo-hah on camera? And last time I checked, she stole a third rate back-up dancer from a second rate sitcom star -- and got tossed to the curb by him too.

You may want to get more of your "brothas" up to speed then! The new school "brothas" are looking to be courted, provided for, AND protected. They will line up and wait their turn for the highest bidder.

Rottnkid: Did any of those women marry you? I guess not.The key words here are married and transferring their wealth to you.

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Who says I WANT to be married? Not me. Listen: I don't want to get married. Matter of fact, in the past, 2 of the women asked to marry ME - 1 of those 2 asked for my Dads permission! I may change my mind, but I doubt it. I like coming and going, doing as I please, or whatever you wanna call it...the girl I'm dating now does not want to get married and does not want to have children - That I'm cool with - And I pretty much come and go as I please. Not an open relationship but I'm definitely not "tied down", if that makes sense. Yeah, I'm having my cake and eating it too.

Shady_Grady said...

Men don't marry for money. That's a woman's game. Not saying that money3:46 PM

You're right SG to about 95%..lol, but you're right most men don't marry for money

"Them light bright almost white negros were all the rage back then. If you had "good hair" you were the shit. (Thanks Chris Rock for reminding me of that). The dark-skinned brothers savior was Wesley Snipes, once that negro hit the big screen, it was on. Hell, Thanks Spike lee for putting Wesley on!"

The dark skinned sista has not had this moment just yet. She has not ever been IN and most DEFINITELY NOT AMONG BLACK MALES. The epitome of female black beauty has always looked like Lena Horne, Halle Berry, or Alicia Keys. In fact the "new black" has a white mother. What did Kanye say, he prefers "mutts". This is the truth DESPITE Negro males being in positions to fix that.

@Zaida, I could be wrong but I'm going to go on a limb and suggest that black man/white woman relationships are not about impressing you any more than white man/white woman relationships, black man/black woman relationships, black woman/white man relationships or any other type of relationship regardless of color, race or sexuality are about impressing you.

In other words, why do you seem to care so much about who's doing what with whom?

"are even you so clueless as to be unable to fathom how your white female attack only adds to this colorist fray?"

AB, no she is NOT clueless as she pretends to be. She just doesn't want to be held responsible. When called out on it she goes running for the hills. I suggested that she dye her hair and she could have more fun sharing the dumbness plus be unaccountable. If she got a boob job and lost some weight, she could be uts chick on the side. Of course, he will still howl about his "black wife" to counter anyone telling the truth about quite a few black males like him and their behavior.

Ever notice he never tells HER she doesn't have a man? When she is the manLESS one if memory serves correctly. LOL!

AB - no one gives Alicia Keys a 'pass', she and Fantasia are engaged in trifling crap and on top of that, I don't give a damn what these divas do in their personal lives.

My point is that given that the media has and will trash virtually anyone (particularly if they're just tacky with their issues), Fantasia swiped her race card for a pack of gum. She did dirty and made a bigger mess with the suicide attempt (which coincides with her reality show)-- and the blogs are a buzz.

Alicia, she did Mashonda grimy; really grimy. The difference? Everyone involved didn't show their ass in the street. Keys didn't show act like a hood chick when she was pregnant, Mashonda didn't call anyone out their names in the blogs and Swizz didn't bad mouth his ex.

Private matters handled privately versus a very public breakdown. Hence you have the difference.

Damaged, delusional males like uts don't believe the crap they spew. They disparage Black Women to get Black Women to believe the mess and stay stuck on stupid. And to run off any possible non black suitors, thereby keeping their veritable HAREMS in tact. Think about it.

You tell 'em maria. Those morons have nothing else to do but pick on people. They are a bunch of bullies. But you are tops in my book and I wish I could email you like RK can. Some guys have all the luck in the world.

I have it now..I am not indicting the orgins of racism on jewish people..I am jewish myself..When I post about racism I seek to expand the protrait and profiles if those who get a pass often..I post about jewish racism directly with FN becuase he with pride makes excuses for jewish racism and he is proud of his bias and preference toward jews as well..I have a problem witha Black man being a bigot

When I chat with some of my jewish comrades I shutter sometimes at the information they exchange with me about racism in the white jewish venues....The denial and defensivness is off the charts of course many not all would rather I chase down the usual WASPS/crackers like FN does..

Anonymous said..."even rk seems to run to help her lick hre easy bruises offline etc"

RK is another nasty germ transporting bm who's trying to bed another dumb witless desperate used up white vagina like maria. He don't care about her simple dumb da dumb dumb ass either.

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Wow! I finally gets some love! Nice!Ok..I'll bite. Alicia..Me and Maria talk about other stuff besides what FN blogs about and it's not about "licking wounds" and "hookin' up" And Anon...lol.."Germ"? Now that's classy..lol. OK - you win. I really don't care what you think or how I should be or what I should do - it's doesn't matter but I know one thing - I'm not gonna change for you or LAA or whoever. If you have a problem with me that's on whoever and I can't change that nor do I want to. Do you. With that note, I'm going to go poker with lots of Black girls and boys and White girls and boys - oh and that one Arabic looking girl I hope shows back up - she was cute, should be fun! Ciao!

"Rottn is the type that black women need to stay away from at all cost. I am so glad white women can handle our the trash like that."

I TOLD you, I would send them all thank you notes IF possible. If they could work on their retention rates that would be appreciated SO much more.

However, IF the regular routine holds true, this ww is just kicking until she gets ready to settle down. Then she will coif up and swear to God and the heavens that she never sexed black males, complete with with "ewws" and marry a good White provider. LOL! IF she finds herself pregnant that child will promptly be abortted or adopted out. Of course folks will say that child is Black and folks will talk more mess about Black Women. It is all in the game and not NEW at all.

Unfortunately, A LOT of Black Women are refusing to AVOID AT ALL COSTS this type of black male.

What up Field! You had to go there with the colorist stuff. Well it made for interesting conversation. I think I am starting to agree with whoever said that focusing on it seems to make it more real.

However it seems to be an issue that's fading in the background considering all the other stuff we have to deal with.

Are you watching the presidents speech about supposedly ending the war in Iraq, but of course not the occupation. I wonder if he is going to talk about his continuing policy of targeted assasinations which include drone strikes and Special Forces killing folks. Ironically the majority of folks they seem to be killing are innocent civilians.

And this policy was enacted by the so-called moral and great black man that folks so adore, who still hasn't lifted a finger to help poor and struggling folks here in the US.

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